Heads up, fat is back in favor as a healthy and necessary component to a well-balanced diet. In fact, healthy fats, in particular, seem to be required fuel for encouraging further weight loss. Although it might seem shocking that through eating fat, you can trigger weight loss, the research demonstrates the truth of the matter.
Doctors and nutritionists are revamping ... Continue Reading

Sticking to the same health advice for last many years, while science has moved on? If you're guilty as charged, you should know exactly what you're risking and how to make smarter decisions starting today. This post from Eat Local Grown puts together the top ten health myths that people are still believing.
A lot of us have been blindly following so-called health advice for ... Continue Reading

In this post from The Sydney Morning Herald, Sarah Berry clears the air on some long-held diet myths that have been debunked by the ever-evolving field of nutritional science.
"Dietary advice does not merely need a review; it should not have been introduced."
This is the arresting conclusion made in a new review published in BMJ's Open Heart journal.
In this instance, the ... Continue Reading

Before you pour on that dollop of low-fat salad dressing on your chopped veggies or opt for a boring dinner of plain steamed brown rice and lean chicken breast, did you know…your brain actually craves saturated fat?
Yes. Your brain needs saturated fat to transmit nerve signals and fight off infections.
The brain represents only 2% of the body’s total mass but utilizes 25% of ... Continue Reading

(BeWellBuzz) Despite the cultural demonizing of fats, saturated fats and cholesterol, all of these are good and necessary nutrients for life and health. Note, cholesterol is essential. It's brain building, cell protecting and fat digesting. It's the precursor to all steroid hormones such as the sex hormones progesterone, estrogen and testosterone. It's required for the ... Continue Reading